United Kingdom Mathematics Trust (UKMT)

Founded in 1996, UKMT operates as a registered charity, dedicated to advancing young people's education in mathematics. The UKMT offer their main Junior,  Intermediate and Senior Maths challenges and are seen as the UK's most popular school maths competitions. Through a diverse range of national-level competitions and activities, UKMT engages students aged 11 to 18 in the UK. Every year over 700,000 students across the world take part in The UKMT challenges.

The aim of these challenges is to encourage mathematical reasoning, precision of thought, and fluency in using basic mathematical techniques to solve interesting problems. The problems are designed to make students think. These challenges are highly regarded by top universities like Cambridge and Oxford, and bulk up the application for those top universities.

Challenges organized by UKMT

American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)

Established in 1930, AAPT is a strong professional physics science society dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in physical science education. The association has 8,000 registered physics teachers; half of these are professors from famous universities, whilst a third are experienced high school teachers. The association provides the latest physics methodologies and rich educational resources through meetings, forums, magazines, contests and so on.

PhysicsBowl is an annual physics contest held by the AAPT. Experienced registered physics teachers and professors get together to write the competition problems and judge results. It is the most influential physics contest for American high schools, with participants from 500+ schools in 11 countries every year.

About CIC and CCC

The Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) is one of the world's leading authoritative chemical academic institutions. It consists of three chemical organizations: the Canadian Chemical Society, the Canadian Chemical Engineering Association, and the Canadian Biochemical Association. The purpose of CIC is to use chemistry to create a modern and beautiful life, with a focus on the role of chemistry in promoting environmental protection, health and economic development. CIC is the organizer of the Canadian Chemistry Contest (CCC) and the Canadian Chemistry Olympiad (CCO) which aims to promote interest in chemistry amongst high school students.

The Canadian Chemistry Contest (CCC) fosters an appreciation of chemistry as a career for talented young people and promotes national excellence in chemistry at the high school/cégep level. The CCC is intended for the top 10% of Canadian high school and cégep students under 20 years of age taking chemistry.

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About CEE

The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) was founded in 1983 with the intention of nurturing careers of excellence and leadership in science and technology in young scholars as an essential investment into America's global future. CEE's programs help keep the US competitive in science and technology, furthering international collaboration among leaders of the world. CEE challenges students and assists them on a long-term basis to become the creators, inventors, scientists, and leaders of the 21st century.

The USA Biolympiad (USABO) enriches the life science education of nearly 11,000 talented students annually. USABO concentrates on stimulating young scholars' intellectual curiosity and developing their critical thinking in laboratory skills and biological reasoning to propel them to careers of excellence and leadership in science and technology. It provides students with the motivation, curricular resources, and skills training to take them beyond their classroom experience to the level of international competitiveness.

About RACI and ICQ

Founded in 1917. the the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACl )acts as the key body advocating the interests and activities of the chemical sciences with over 4000 members across Australia. RACl plays a leading role in promoting the science, practice and positive impact of chemistry to the public, educational sector, industry and government through creating educational initiatives.

The International Chemistry Quiz (ICQ) is organized by the RACI. Since its inception in 1982, it has become a global competition that attract over 100,000 students from 21 countries and regions annually. The ICQ is not a test of syllabus content. While some questions will rely on knowledge and understanding covered as part of studying the Australian Curriculum, RACI have endeavoured to make the quiz interesting and to promote chemistry and chemical thinking. Questions that go beyond what is covered in syllabus documents should be able to be answered by students applying their knowledge and understanding to stimulus material provided in the questions. Some questions that are designed to challenge more able students may be/will be included.

6 divisions suits for students in grades 7-12. The topics includes but is not limited to: the material’s structure, isotopes, half-lives and radiation, atomic model, periodic table,chemical bonding, reactants and products, chemical equations, etc.

Cambridge Chemistry Challenge (C3L6)

Founded in 1996, UKMT operates as a registered charity, dedicated to advancing young people's education in mathematics. The UKMT offer their main Junior,  Intermediate and Senior Maths challenges and are seen as the UK's most popular school maths competitions. Through a diverse range of national-level competitions and activities, UKMT engages students aged 11 to 18 in the UK. Every year over 700,000 students across the world take part in The UKMT challenges.

The Cambridge Chemistry Challenge (C3L6) is a global challenge for high school students co-sponsored by the Department of Chemistry and St Catharine's College at the University of Cambridge. It is officially recommended by the University of Cambridge as a high school academic program. C3L6 is a highly valued chemistry challenge for UK high schools, with over 10,000 students participating each year, and is often used as a pre-test for the UKChO (UK Chemistry Olympiad). It is aimed at high school students up to Year 11 and designed to extend chemistry knowledge in a challenging but fun way.